Bills that previously languished in committees — such as a repeal of Washington’s death penalty, the carbon-tax proposal and enhanced background checks for so-called assault rifles — have gotten committee votes.

Meanwhile, Senate Democrats quickly passed dozens of bills out of that chamber, including the bump-stock ban, a state voting-rights act and a bill to give some undocumented students financial help for college.

The hyperactive pace of this year’s 60-day short legislative session shows in the numbers.

Senate lawmakers so far have introduced about 625 new bills, according to state records, compared with 532 introduced for the entire 2016 short session.

The plan uses a complicated scheme that raises state property-tax rates for all property owners in 2018, while lowering them for some in the years after.

The money raised allows the state to assume the costs of teacher and other school-worker salaries, which the justices said the state must pay to meet its constitutional obligation to fully fund basic education.

In November, the court said the plan was sound but wouldn’t be implemented soon enough. The justices suggested lawmakers fix that by making a roughly $1 billion one-time addition to state schools funding.

Republican lawmakers have largely opposed the idea of adding that sum in the supplemental budget — and Democrats have been noncommital about how much they want to contribute.

Senate Bill 6362 would make various tweaks to Washington’s K-12 funding plan, adding about $105 million in school funding through 2021. But that money wouldn’t go toward implementing the plan more quickly as the justices suggested.

The bill, which lawmakers passed this week through the Senate Ways and Means Committee, is expected to go through more revisions.

Another proposal supported by lawmakers in both parties, Senate Bill 6525, would raise some state money to satisfy the court — but simultaneously lower some local district spending on schools.

Despite the court order, lawmakers remain reluctant to make major changes.

“I think we’ll take pieces of it this year and come back next year,” said House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan, D-Covington.

Tax talk

Lawmakers in both parties have offered plenty of proposals to change Washington’s tax system — but there’s little indication they’ll get it done this year.